Momentum Is Changing Trajectory of Ukraine War
Multiple factors are helping Russia’s military advance, including a delay in American weaponry and Moscow’s technological innovations on the battlefield. Now, after months of slow Russian ground advances and technological leaps in countering American-provided arms, the Biden administration is increasingly concerned that President Vladimir V. Putin is gathering enough momentum to change the trajectory of the war, and perhaps reverse his once-bleak prospects. image from article, with caption: In recent days, Moscow’s troops have opened a new push against the country’s second-biggest city, Kharkiv, forcing Ukraine to divert its already thinned-out troops to defend an area that it took back from Russian forces in a stunning victory in the fall of 2022. Credit... Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times By David E. Sanger , Julian E. Barnes and Kim Barker Reporting from Washington The New York Times , May 14, 2024 Artillery and drones provided by the United States and NATO have been take
